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"word": "leccornia"
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"word": "squisitezza"
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"word": "珍味"
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"sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
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"sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
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"sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
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"word": "iguaria"
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"word": "guloseima"
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"sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
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"word": "delikatèsa"
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"word": "pòslastica"
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"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "something appealing, especially a pleasing food",
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"roman": "iztǎnčenost",
"sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
"word": "hienostuneisuus"
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"sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
"word": "fineza"
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"roman": "utončónnostʹ",
"sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
"tags": [
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"word": "утончённость"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
"tags": [
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"word": "dȅlikātnōst"
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"roman": "utončónnostʹ",
"sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "утончённость"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dȅlikātnōst"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "elegance of construction or appearance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fineza"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztǎnčenost",
"sense": "refinement in taste",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "изтънченост"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "refinement in taste",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skrøbelighed"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "refinement in taste",
"word": "hienostuneisuus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "refinement in taste",
"word": "refinamento"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "refinement in taste",
"word": "fineza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "utončónnostʹ",
"sense": "refinement in taste",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "утончённость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izýskannostʹ",
"sense": "refinement in taste",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "изы́сканность"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "refinement in taste",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dȅlikātnōst"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"delicacy"
],
"word": "delicacy"
}
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